Table 3.
Putative determinants of sexually transmitted infections awareness by young people with disability 2012, Addis Ababa (n = 426)
| Characteristics | Ever heard of sexually transmitted infections | Adjusted model | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Wald | d.f. | P value | Adjusted OR (95 % CI) | |||
| n | % | n | % | |||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 112 | 34.4 | 40 | 40.0 | Ref. | |||
| Male | 214 | 65.6 | 60 | 60.0 | 0.011 | 1 | 0.917 | 1.0 (0.5–1.8) |
| Age, every additional year | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
| 20.97 | 2.521 | 20.11 | 2.792 | 10.856 | 1 | 0.001 | 1.3 (1.1–1.4) | |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Unmarried | 201 | 61.7 | 78 | 78.0 | Ref. | |||
| Married | 125 | 38.3 | 22 | 22.0 | 0.130 | 1 | 0.718 | 1.2 (0.5–2.7) |
| Religion | ||||||||
| No religion | 7 | 2.1 | 4 | 4.0 | Ref. | |||
| Christian | 277 | 85.0 | 83 | 83.0 | 1.019 | 1 | 0.313 | 2.3 (0.5–12.2) |
| Muslim | 42 | 12.9 | 13 | 13.0 | 1.643 | 1 | 0.200 | 3.3 (0.5–20.4) |
| Education | ||||||||
| Illiterate | 28 | 8.6 | 52 | 52.0 | Ref. | |||
| Literate | 298 | 91.4 | 48 | 48.0 | 27.489 | 1 | <0.001 | 7.0 (3.4–14.6) |
| Form of disability | ||||||||
| Partial mental impairment | 20 | 6.1 | 36 | 36.0 | Ref. | |||
| Hearing impairment | 69 | 21.2 | 13 | 13.0 | 18.017 | 1 | <0.001 | 10.1 (3.5–29.4) |
| Visual impairment | 96 | 29.4 | 2 | 2.0 | 22.241 | 1 | <0.001 | 88.3 (13.7–568.6) |
| Impaired mobility | 132 | 40.5 | 45 | 45.0 | 5.873 | 1 | 0.015 | 3.6 (1.3–10.2) |
| Multiple impairment | 9 | 2.8 | 4 | 4.0 | 3.122 | 1 | 0.077 | 4.5 (0.9–23.8) |
| Time of disability | ||||||||
| From birth | 49 | 15.0 | 37 | 37.0 | Ref. | |||
| Early childhood | 162 | 49.7 | 42 | 42.0 | 0.331 | 1 | 0.565 | 1.3 (0.6–3.0) |
| Later in life | 115 | 35.3 | 21 | 21.0 | 3.366 | 1 | 0.067 | 2.4 (0.9–6.1) |
| Work | ||||||||
| No | 179 | 54.9 | 61 | 61.0 | Ref. | |||
| Yes | 147 | 45.1 | 39 | 39.0 | 0.001 | 1 | 0.971 | 1.0 (0.5–2.2) |
| Living situation | ||||||||
| With parents | 104 | 31.9 | 50 | 50.0 | Ref. | |||
| With relatives | 30 | 9.2 | 10 | 10.0 | 0.443 | 1 | 0.506 | 1.4 (0.5–4.0) |
| With friends/peers | 60 | 18.4 | 11 | 11.0 | 0.761 | 1 | 0.383 | 0.6 (0.2–1.9) |
| With partner | 37 | 11.3 | 11 | 11.0 | 0.857 | 1 | 0.354 | 0.5 (0.2–2.0) |
| Alone | 52 | 16.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0.040 | 1 | 0.841 | 0.9 (0.3–2.7) |
| Orphanage | 43 | 13.2 | 5 | 5.0 | 3.020 | 1 | 0.082 | 3.0 (0.9–10.3) |
| Total | 326 | 100.0 | 100 | 100.0 | ||||
CI confidence interval, d.f. degree of freedom, OR odds ratio, SD standard deviation